A Thousand Corporate Systems Infected With XMR Mining Malware

Hackers continue to inject malware through various means into computer systems of unwary individuals and organizations to mine cryptocurrencies. It seems a cryptocurrency mining malware has infected thousands of enterprise systems, based on the discovery of malware analysts from cloud security company Red Canary. The cryptocurrency mining malware is said to be operated by a group tracked under the codename of Blue Mockingbird. The activities of the Blue Mockingbird group seem to have started since December last year, based on Red Canary's…